At 1:15 hours on Monday, firefighters responded to a reported structure fire at the 5000 block of NW 122nd Avenue.

The first units to arrive at the scene found a double-wide mobile home with smoke showing from the front door, authorities said. Firefighters made a forced entry into the home, where they encountered heavy smoke conditions. Firefighters found the fire burning in the kitchen and used a hose line to extinguish it. They said the fire had started because a cooking device had been left unattended on the stove.

Firefighters rescued a cat, unharmed, from the home and reunited it with the owner.

The Okeechobee City Fire Department also helped put out the blaze, authorities said.